Summary

In Chapter 7, Jean wrote to Martha, requesting a meeting.

In Chapter 8, Gretchen and Howard invited Jean over. Gretchen was a seamstress and had offered to make Jean a dress. While she took Jean’s measurements, Jean felt self-conscious.

Although she almost never went out, afraid of leaving her mother alone, Jean had arranged for an acquaintance, Mrs. Melsom, to stay with her while she was with the Tilburys.

Noticing Howard in the garden while Gretchen measured her, Jean started a conversation about housework. She heard herself venting about life with her mother. Jean also mentioned her conversation with Margaret while at the hospital. Margaret had told Jean she heard angel voices. Gretchen was unconcerned.

Jean shared tea with the family. Afterwards, they played badminton. When Margaret begged Jean to return the next day, the adults insisted she had “a life of her own...